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Hello from Wonder Media Network.

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I'm Jenny Kaplin and this is Encyclopedia

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Wamanica. Today's

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leader was the first woman described in

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the historical record of Wisconsin.

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The exact timeline of her life is a bit of

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a mystery, but she made a clear

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impression on countless travelers,

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authors, and historians. Let's

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talk about the Native American chief Glory

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of the Morning. Glory

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of the Morning, also known as Ho po

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Kaw, was born around seventeen

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o nine in the ho Chunk tribe. She

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grew up in a large village in what's now

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Monasha, Wisconsin. Glory

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of the Morning was the daughter of the tribe's chief

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and succeeded him around seventeen twenty

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seven, when she was between fifteen and eighteen

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years old. She was the first

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and only woman on record to lead

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the ho Chunk. Not

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long after she took power, the French

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re established contact with the tribe.

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As part of their settlement effort. A

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small force of French troops visited

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the village under the command of sab Revoir

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de Currie. The commander soon

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decided to stay in the area and resigned

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from his officer position to become a fur trader.

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He and Glory of the Morning got married

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and had two sons and one daughter together.

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At that time, the ho Chunk people

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and the French traders were often intercepted

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by the enemy Fox tribe, which

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demanded valuable tributes from travelers

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on the road. Glory of the Morning

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and the ho Chunk tribe formed an alliance

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with the French against the Fox tribe

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in a war the lasted seven years. Glory

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of the Morning was then a key player in peace

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negotiations ending that struggle. Decoury

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eventually left his marriage with Glory of the

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Morning and returned to Quebec, taking

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their daughter with him. He passed away

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in seventeen sixty during a battle of the

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French and Indian War. Despite

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her husband's departure, Glory of the Morning

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continued to foster cordial relationships

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with the French settlers. For some time. She

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supported the French in their war with Great Britain

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in seventeen fifty four, attacking

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English settlements in the east, But

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when the British started to turn the tide of the

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war, Glory of the Morning also tried

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to establish friendly relations with them.

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Glory of the Morning became an extremely

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well known figure among soldiers, settlers,

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and travelers. Many visitors

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wrote accounts of their interactions with her, forming

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the basis of much of our understanding of her life.

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One British captain who visited in seventeen

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sixty six described Glory

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of the Morning as civil and petite, yet

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distinguished. He also highlighted

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her old age. She would have been

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around sixty by the time of the captain's visit,

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but her life was far from over. Based

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on her appearances in other people's accounts,

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she lived to a shockingly old age.

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A traveling fur trader named John

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Kinsey and his family visited

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the ho Chunk tribe in eighteen thirty two. His

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wife also described the then pretty

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ancient chief in detail. Glory

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of the Morning would have been over a hundred years

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old at that point. Missus Kinsey

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wrote that Glory of the Morning's voice was

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tremulous and feeble, except when raised

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in fury to reprove her graceless grandsons,

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who were fond of playing her all sorts of

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mischievous tricks. Missus

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Kinsey also wrote that Glory of

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the Morning laughed often and traded

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sarcastic jokes with the Kinsey family. Showing

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her sharpness of mind even at such an old

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age. Soon

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after the Kinsies visited, Glory

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of the Morning passed away. The exact

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date of her death is unknown, but it's

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well documented that her advanced age

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was almost unheard of. Ho

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Chunk legends say that a blizzard swept

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through after her death. They

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also say that unusual thunder echoed

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through the village and attributed the sound to

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deities of the clan, calling Glory of

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the Morning to the afterlife,

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Glory of the Mornings to Endance kept up

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her legacy of leadership. Two

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Iowa cities are named after one of her

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mischievous grandsons, Chief

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walk In Decora. Glory

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of the Morning was a strong leader who walked

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her own path and made an impression on

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all those she met. Tune

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